Chapter 268: There's a Girl Next Door

When Hu Qiong was stunned, the four robbers saw that there was an opportunity, and one of them turned over and ran north.

Hu Qiong heard the sound of horses' hooves, looked up and saw the horse being ridden, and hurriedly used the light skill of "flying with the wind" and then chased after it. The horse flew on all fours, running like lightning, and Hu Qiong was like a gust of wind, and soon caught up. He lay on his back and whipped the horse, and the horse ran like lightning, and he was so frightened that he clung to the horse's neck for fear of falling off.

Hu Qiong caught up with the horse, grabbed the reins of the horse, and the horse stopped. When the robber saw this, he obediently slipped off his horse from the other side, and ran away, and immediately the package was still there.

In this battle, Hu Qiong won all the victories with one enemy and five, riding on a horse, and couldn't help but be proud. At this time, his confidence was greatly increased, and his mind changed, and he thought that it was better to put the master's secret on his own body, and he would sacrifice his life to protect it, but he could not protect it, and before he died, he would also destroy the secret secret, so as not to fall into the hands of the evil people, and when he met the master underground, he could explain it himself.

This time the idea was made, Hu Qiong no longer hesitated, and the horse galloped all the way and soon came to the front of the mountain. And he walked on the stream, and when he came to the end, he came to the cliff, and took out the stone, and brought out the secret note, and put it on the place where the flesh was attached to the body. After thinking about it, Hu Qiong reached into the cave again, took out a lot of silver, and put it in the package, and the other jewels were still in the cave, waiting for someone who was destined to do so. Seal the stone and follow the stream out of the mountain.

Mounted on horseback, came southwest, went up the avenue, and went all the way west. This time it will be smooth sailing, and there will be no more thrills. After walking for many days, I have arrived at Yiling. I saw that the west side overlapped and endlessly were high mountains, the green peaks towered in the sky, the clouds and mist were shrouded, and a big river rushed out from the ten thousand mountains, and the waves crashed on the shore, mighty and mighty.

This Yiling is a small mountain town. Hu Qiong rode into the city and stayed in the city for a day. Until the afternoon of the next day, Hu Qiong led the horse out of the west of the city, came to the bank of the Yangtze River, there are many cargo ships moored along the river, all of them are large cargo ships in Sichuan and Huguang, the sails are lined up, the ships are connected, and the road is seven or eight miles away, it is really a lively and prosperous big wharf.

Hu Qiong led the horse and stood on the shore.

"Childe, are you going to Sichuan?"

"Childe, take my boat, it's big and safe. ”

"Take my boat. ”

"No, no......" Hu Qiong shook her head. He wanted to charter a small boat and swim along the gorge, and get off the boat to the mountains at any time. Hu Qiong refused and kept heading west, but he had already seen a boat moored by the rock, not big or small, and the cabin was spacious, and he was very satisfied. An old boatman sat in the bow of the boat, and Hu Qiong walked towards the boat. Seeing that Hu Qiong was dressed in splendid clothes and had a lot of gold on his waist, those shipowners all wanted to make this business, and followed behind, entangled endlessly.

Hu Qiong walked to the bow of the boat and asked, "Uncle, are you on this boat in Chongqing?"

The old man jumped out of the boat and replied, "Go to Chongqing, go down to Wuhan, you can go anywhere." ”

"I want to rent your boat to Chongqing, no longer carry other guests, and be able to stop at any time along the way and go ashore to see the scenery, are you willing?"

"Childe is a tenant, you can do whatever you want. ”

"Okay, that's a deal. I'll rent your boat. ”

The other shipowners saw that the deal had been settled, and left in a huff.

Hu Qiong was discussing the charter with the old shipowner, when he saw a group of people hurrying from the shore, led by a man of medium stature, a little fat, and walking in a male manner, followed by him, all of them were big men. The man in charge came and shouted:

"Wang Baobao, looking for you everywhere, what are you hiding here?"

After a while, the group came closer, and the owner of the ship, Wang Baobao, said: "I want to get a deal on the ship." ”

"Did you find your granddaughter?"

"Haven't found it yet. ”

The man said, "You don't have to do business, you can go and find it." ”

Wang Baobao said: "I really can't find it." I don't do business, and my whole family is counting on this boat to live. ”

"Don't bother, didn't you hide Qing'er. ”

Wang Baobao shook his hands and said, "I don't, I don't." ”

The man said: "I won't bother with you, you make it clear today, one is to hand over Qing'er, and the other is to pay back the money." You can do it. ”

"Qing'er ran away, but I really can't find it. ”

"It seems that you don't pay back, and you don't pay back. Brothers, smash the boat for me. ”

When the gang heard the sound and was about to run to the boat, Wang Baobao hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it, shouting: "The boat is the life of my whole family, you ......."

Without saying a word, the gang stretched out their hands to overturn Wang Baobao to the ground, and jumped on the boat one after another, ready to find something and smash the boat.

Hu Qiong hurriedly said loudly: "Wait." ”

The head was surprised, "Where are you from?" What do you have to say?"

Hu Qiong asked, "How much does the boat boss owe you?"

The leader rolled his eyes and said, "Fifty taels." How?"

Wang Baobao said: "I borrowed forty taels from him, and after two months, I brought fifty taels with interest." ”

Hu Qiong asked: "It is natural to pay back the money owed, how can you get any Qing'er?"

The head said: "This is the contract we signed, he can't afford to pay back fifty taels, so let his granddaughter be my son's wife, and now the money is not repaid, Qing'er is also hidden by him, why can't you repay the account?"

"Fifty taels? It's just a small amount of money, I'll pay it back for him. "Hu Qiong has a lot of silver on his body now, and he is bold, he is originally a rich and noble brother. After he said that, he turned around and took the package from his horse, opened it, took out fifty taels of snowflake silver, handed it to Wang Baobao, and said, "You return the silver to him, and everything will be settled." ”

Wang Baobao pushed his hands indiscriminately and said, "Fifty taels is not a small amount, I can't ask for it." ”

Hu Qiong said: "If you push it again, after tomorrow, it will rise to fifty-five taels." ”

When Wang Baobao heard that the price was going to rise, he was frightened, so he immediately took the money, walked to the head in a few steps, and urged the head to go quickly, so that he could pay off the account before the price increase.

Seeing that it took less than two months to earn ten taels of silver, the head was also satisfied, and with a move, a group of people followed him back to the city and waited for Wang Baobao to repay the debt.

Wang Baobao turned around and thanked Hu Qiong for his kindness, and said, "Benefactor, alas, you have saved my whole family." I will take my benefactor to my house first. As he spoke, he took Hu Qiong's horse, took Hu Qiong, and turned around and walked towards the shore. Hu Qiong followed and went ashore, in front of which was a high mountain, and the slopes were covered with green crops. The old man pointed with his hand:

"This is my house above, and the benefactor walks slowly. ”

Along the way, Wang Baobao said that Chunshang's family suffered a disaster and was in urgent need of money, so he had to go to the city to borrow forty taels from this Dong Tianxian, saying that he would return it in one month, but he knew that two months would come, and even the book would be spent, and he would give him fifty taels of money if he counted the profits. If fifty taels is not enough, he will marry his granddaughter Qing'er to his son. His son has been paralyzed in bed for several years, and my young man is handsome, and if he marries a paralyzed man, isn't he a widow?

This Dong Tianxian is a bully in the city, I can't afford to offend, I have to hide Qing'er, no, today, he brought someone to smash my family's boat, this boat is the livelihood of my whole family, if it is smashed, how can my family live. Benefactor, look, isn't it my house in front?

Looking up, a mountain road leads to the halfway up the mountain, where there is a depression, where three or four tiled houses are built, which are also neat, and can be regarded as a medium family on the mountain.

On the hillside, a man was bending down to be busy in the field, and Wang Baobao shouted: "Boss, there are fifty taels, you see." "Lift fifty taels of silver with white flowers to the old high.

The boss looked up and saw Wang Baobao holding the silver with white flowers in both hands, hurriedly lost the farm tools, ran over, and asked happily, "Daddy, how did you get the silver?"

Wang Baobao said to the old avenue: "It was given by this benefactor." ”

The boss saw that Hu Qiong was nearly twenty years old, handsome and elegant, and a rich boy, he knelt on the ground all of a sudden, kowtowed a few times in a row, and shouted excitedly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Thinking that Qing'er was his daughter.

Wang Baobao said: "I accompany my benefactor at home. You go and call the second child back, accompany the benefactor, and then ask Qing'er to come home too. ”

The boss said yes and ran like a fly.

Here, Wang Baobao led the horse and led Hu Qiong to the front of the house. The ground in front of the house is cleaned neatly, there is a stone mill next to it, a stream flows down from the mountain, and there is a grass hut on the side of the mountain, which should be a cow house.

Wang Baobao led Hu Qiong into the house, and a woman came over, wiped the tables and chairs, made fragrant tea, and entertained the guests. The furniture in the house is neat and well-furnished, and if it weren't for the fifty taels of silver, this family would be considered a self-sufficient home.

After a while, a young man sweating profusely ran into the house, his body was thick and dark, and he was a peasant child. He met with Hu Qiong and exchanged courtesies

Wang Baobao instructed: "Second brother, you sit and talk with your benefactor." I'll go into town now to pay the bill. ”

The second child agreed. The old man said goodbye to Hu Qiong and left happily.

Here, the second child accompanied Hu Qiong and gossiped. After a while, the boss came into the house with a girl. Although the girl was a peasant child, she was not shy, and glanced at Hu Qiong twice. Her father said, "This is the benefactor, you hurry up and thank him." ”

When Na Qing'er heard this, she immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Hu Qiong. Because she was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, Hu Qiong was inconvenient to come forward and pick her up, but let her kowtow a few times and stand up happily.

The family accompanied Hu Qiong to talk, and the family also asked Qing'er to sit aside and not let her leave.

This Qing'er is dressed plainly and decently, with no powder on her face, thin eyebrows and big eyes, and a delicate appearance, dressed up carefully, not like a peasant girl who does farm work and is exposed to the wind and sun, but like a small jasper. Her skin is not very white, a little dark, this is what people often call "black peony", no wonder the city bully will marry her as a daughter-in-law.

This young child is just at the prime of life, with black hair and a white honeysuckle inserted, exuding the fragrance of veins.